Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)

Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton and the inherited responsibility, wisdom and emotional strength of his mother Okan. Following a period of intensely rebellious behavior, Boku learns that his mom has contracted cancer; suddenly, his mother comes to live with him in Tokyo the entire emotional landscape of his life is altered.

Cast (43)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Joe Odagiri

Masaya Nakagawa

Kirin Kiki

Eiko Nakagawa

Y

Yayako Uchida

Eiko (young)

Takako Matsu

Mizue

Kaoru Kobayashi

Oton

S

Satoshi Tomiura

Masaya (teen)

Shohei Tanaka

K

Kanato Tanihata

Masaya (child)

Misako Watanabe

Sumie Sasaki

Chisako Hara

Masaya's grandmother

Mieko Yuki

Tsubaki Nekoze

Ayumi Ito

Tamami

Ryo Katsuji

Hiraguri

Hiroyuki Hirayama

Isoyama

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Enomoto

O

Osamu Tsuji

Susumu Terajima

Hijiri Kojima

Nobue (young)

Nahoko Yoshimoto

Ken Mitsuishi

Customer at bar

Noriko Sengoku

Toru Nakamura

Kumiko Tsuchiya

Kyoko Koizumi

Property agent

Itsuji Itao

Katpa's guest

Rokkaku Seiji

Aoi Miyazaki

DJ

Tomorowo Taguchi

Miyuki Matsuda

Akira Emoto

Doctor from Sasazuka Clinic

Tetsushi Tanaka

Sansei Shiomi

Ryo Iwamatsu

Editor on the phone (voice)

J

Junko Emoto

Tamae Ando

Hitomi Kurihara

M

Mariya

R

Rena Takeshita

Asako Kobayashi

Sakiko Bokumoto

Yui Sakuma

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